Happy New Year

Welcome to 2008-- and the 51st year of PRSA in the Puget Sound. We had an incredible year last year and look forward to more great programming and fun networking this year.

Have you decided to make career development and networking one of your New Year's resolutions? Volunteering with PRSA is a great way to achieve your goals.

If you'd like to be more involved this year, please contact one of the following board liaisons:

• VP/Admin/Sponsorship: Linda Farmer, APR - Linda.farmer@cityoffederalway.com
• VP/Programs: Jennifer Hawton, APR - Jennifer.d.hawton@boeing.com
• VP/Membership: J. Ryan Shannon, APR - Ryans1@atg.wa.gov
• VP/Education-Accreditation: Troy Brown, APR - tjbfam@earthlink.com
• Sec./Student Outreach: Rita Brautigam, APR - rbrautigam@tagteamglobal.com
• Professional Development: Neil Neroutsos, APR - nsneroutsos@snopud.com
• Career Jumpstart/Nonprofit Seminar: Kathryn Reith, APR - kreith@lwsd.org
• Totems Award/Holiday Gala: Amy Turner - aturner@enviroissues.com
• Marketing/Comm: Rich Murphy, Ph. D - Murphy@ldsfa.org
• Awards: Tara Darrow, APR - tdarrow@starbucks.com
• Scholarships: Linda Wang-Stewart, APR - wangstewart@gmail.com

If you have questions about any of these opportunities, please contact Erika Schmidt, APR, past president and leadership development liaison at eschmidt@frause.com or me at janelleg@atg.wa.gov

Here's to a great 2008! Cheers,

Janelle Guthrie, APR-- 2008 Puget Sound Chapter President